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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal examinations for years before 2014 or state income tax examinations for years before 2013. During the first three months of 2019, the Company did not identify nor reserve for any unrecognized tax benefits.
The effective tax rate was 30.5 percent and 21.6 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The March 31, 2019 effective tax rate is higher than the statutory rate of 21 percent due to state taxes, net of the federal benefit, and discrete tax benefits on our stock compensation plans. The March 31, 2018 effective tax rate was higher than the statutory rate of 21 percent due to state taxes, net of the federal benefit.